The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region, Professor Richard Asiedu has served notice to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the NDC will snatch the Assin Central parliamentary seat from the governing party.
The seat is currently being occupied by Mr Kennedy Agyapong who is aspiring to be the flagbearer of the NPP in the 2024 general elections.
But Prof Asiedu told him to focus on his presidential ambition and forget about the seat because the NDC is taking it in 2024.
“Assin area has in the past been described as the stronghold of the NPP but we have changed the narrative, Assin has now become the strong base of the NDC. In 2024, we will take not less than two out of the three seats in Assin.
“Let me tell Assin Central that the ‘Mugabe’ [referring to Kennedy Agyapong] who is on the seat should focus on his presidential ambition, I will take the seat from them to the NDC.”
He was speaking at a rally at the Methodist School Park in Assin Breku to wrap up the opposition party’s Thank You tour attended by the flagbearer Former President John Dramani Mahama.
The tour, climaxed on Sunday, July 9, was to thank constituents in Assin North for the electoral victory given to the NDC in June 27 by-election won by the NDC’s candidate James Gyakye Quayson.